TSP On This Day

Last year, when I first started writing for SF Signal, I posted a series of lists that was the Best Podcast Short Fiction of All Time, which picked my favorite episodes from thousands of podcast fiction episodes from more than a dozen podcasts over many years. I already do a yearly Best Of list over on Diabolical Plots for each Continue Reading →

Thanks to SciFinal, I became aware of BrokenSea Audio Productions, a group of audio drama "fanatics" who create free fiction podcasts, specializing in original fantasy, sci-fi, horror, drama, comedy and fan-works as well as audio versions of films. Here's a sample of their most recognizable titles: The Planet Of the Apes based on the novel by Pierre Boulle and the Continue Reading →

MY RATING: Big, sprawling, complex, satisfying; these are all words you could use to describe Neal Stephenson's latest opus, Anathem. At over 900 pages long, including appendices and glossary, Anathem follows in the mold of the books in the Baroque Cycle, yet manages to tell a complete story. It's sprawling not just in the distances the protagonists physically cover, Continue Reading →

In August, Tachyon will release The Dala Horse, a new collection of stories by 5 time Hugo Award winner Michael Swanwick, and they were kind enough to share the table of contents with us! About the book: The master of literary science fiction returns with this dazzling new collection. Michael Swanwick takes us on a whirlwind journey across the globe Continue Reading →